Hey, On Fri, 14 Jul 2006, Soeren Sandmann wrote:
I would like to turn off the login splashscreen by default, for the
following reasons:
- login is somewhat faster
- the 'progress' icons in the splashscreen don't reflect the
time it actually takes to login.
On my system, the login process is like this:
...
The splash screen just doesn't serve any purpose. The "progress" it
shows has nothing to do with reality, and the splash screen itself
isn't even visible for more than 25% of the login time.
The times might be much longer for some users -- eg, somebody with an NFS home. 36 seconds (from your measurement) is a *long* time to go without feedback of any sort. I really wish GDM took care of the UI and made the transition to the desktop smooth.
-- Ben